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Green River Valley Museum. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Green River Valley Museum
The Museum is open Tuesday through Saturday, noon to 4PM. Admission is by donation.

Big Piney Library. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
Big Piney Library
The museum will have a dedication ceremony for the original Big Piney Library building on June 5th.
Green River Valley Museum opens for the season
by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online!
June 1, 2010

The Green River Valley Museum opened on Tuesday, June 1st for their summer season. The museum is located in Big Piney and was created to preserve and perpetuate the history and culture of the Green River Valley.

New exhibits this season include a tie hack display and the relocation of the old Big Piney Library building onto the museum complex. The museum also has displays on early settlement, local ranching, early oil and gas exploration, early area coal mining, military history and local war veterans, and more.

The Green River Valley Museum will dedicate the original Big Piney Library building on Saturday, June 5th. There will be a special Humanities program "My Horse, My Gun, My Libraries" by Lynne Swanson at 2:00pm. Refreshments will be served and there will be tours of the buildings.

The Museum is open Tuesdays through Saturdays from noon until 4:00PM. Admission is by donation.



Related Links
  • www.GRVM.com - Green River Valley Museum

  • Tie Hack display. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Tie Hack display
    Tie hacks worked in the forests of the Upper Green River Valley in the late 1800s/early 1900s cutting trees to make railroad ties which were floated down the Green River to be used in building railroads.

    Schoolhouse. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Schoolhouse
    The Price/Sommers schoolhouse served as a rural ranch school for years, moved as needed to accommodate the area ranch children.

    Cabins. Photo by Dawn Ballou, Pinedale Online.
    Cabins
    Buildings on the complex include the Halfway Postoffice and Blackwell's cabin.
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